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An evil Atheist explorer in the deepest Amazon suddenly finds himself surrounded by a bloodthirsty group of natives. Upon surveying the situation, he says quietly to himself "Oh God, I'm screwed!!!!!."
There is a ray of light from heaven and a voice booms out: "No, you are NOT screwed. Pick up that stone at your feet and bash in the head of the chief standing in front of you."
So the explorer picks up the stone and proceeds to bash the living heck out of the chief.
As he stands above the lifeless body, breathing heavily and surrounded by 100 natives with a look of shock on their faces, Gods voice booms out again: "Okay ..... NOW you're screwed."
Well, the voice was John Cleese, after all...
Funny how people pick and choose The Word they're going to follow, isn't it?
Well, when one has a mult itude of voices swirling around in the void of the head, one must choose carefully of which they choose to answer.
Hint: not the one that sounds like John Cleese.
But definitely the one that allows a person to lie, steal, and kill while pretending he does none of those things.
The one that sounds like Al Pacino?
Oh, wait, that's the other guy.
The Other Guy :
You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the f-u-c-k do you think you're talking to?
Lol, I was thinking more Devil's Advocate, but Scarface works just as well.
I believe that my work here is nearly done. Back in 2010, I solved the Gulf oil spill by suggesting to BP that they plug the well with a weeks worth of John McCains soiled grampy diapers. They did and it worked. I managed to get Obama elected to 2 terms and thanks to me the tea party is on the run. But my biggest accomplishment was getting the conservatives in this country to finally open their eyes and see Sarah Palin for the laughingstock that she is . This happened last week after the Iowa convention and for this I'm sure the world will be grateful.
If Sarah Palin has a stroke, how will we know?
She's start making sense?
An Indian chief had three wives, each of whom was pregnant. The first gave birth to a boy. The chief was so elated he built her a teepee made of deer hide. A few days later, the second gave birth, also to a boy. The chief was very happy. He built her a teepee made of antelope hide. The third wife gave birth a few days later, but the chief kept the details a secret. He built this one a two story teepee, made out of a hippopotamus hide. The chief then challenged the tribe to guess what had occurred.
Many tried, unsuccessfully. Finally, one young brave declared that the third wife had given birth to twin boys.
"Correct," said the chief. "How did you figure it out?"
The warrior answered, "It's elementary. The value of the squaw of the hippopotamus is equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides."
How do you get a hinddoou out of a tree?
Cut the rope.
Esau essentially traded his self-control for a latex condom and a bowl of lentil stew.
No, it was a pot roast.
No. If you study the Hebrew language it was lentil stew. Just as if you study koine Greek it was Druggery, not witchcraft or sorcery as modern bibles say.
Pot roast. Lmao. What a hick.
Right. Latex condoms were mentioned in the Hebrew Bible?
And, of course, I was referring to BC's joke.
Not everyone is as bereft of a sense of humor and reading comprehension.
Lmao. Latex condoms. What a hick.
I recall my first time with a condom, I was 16 or so. I went in to buy a package of condoms. There was a beautiful woman behind the counter, and she could see that I was new at it. She handed me the package and asked, if I knew how to wear one.
I honestly answered, "No."
So she unwrapped the package, took one out and slipped it over her thumb, She cautioned me to make sure it was on tight and secure. I apparently still looked confused. So she looked all around the store. It was empty.
"Just a minute," she said, and walked to the door, and locked it.
Taking my hand, she led me into the back room, unbuttoned her blouse removed it. She unhooked her bra and laid it aside. "Do these excite you?" she asked.
Well, I was so dumb-struck that all I could do was nod my head. She then said, it was time to slip the condom on. As I was slipping it on, she dropped her skirt, removed her panties and laid down on a desk.
"Well, come on", she said, "We don't have much time."
So I climbed on her. It was so wonderful, that unfortunately, I could no longer hold back and POW, I was done within a few minutes. She looked at me with a frown. "Did you put that condom on?"
I said, "I sure did," and held up my thumb to show her.
Give him a D. Give him an '. Give him an o. Give him and h. Give him an !!!. What's that spell.
D'oh !!!
Sometimes I like to break out the old FP.
Nice to know I can still have that effect.
But of course. Sometimes a "d'oh" just isn't enough.
How do you stop a hinddoou from drowning?
Take your foot off the back of his head.
"Sarah Palin's odd, rambling speech last weekend before an audience of committed conservative activists in Des Moines has many influential voices on the right saying that the time has come to acknowledge that the romance has gone cold and the marriage is dead."
And the credit goes to palintwit.
"In hindsight I regret contributing to the premature deification of Sarah Palin," columnist Matt Lewis wrote Wednesday in the Daily Beast.
He added that "maybe her early critics saw some fundamental character flaw — some harbinger of things to come — that escaped me."
Last weekend was far from the first Palin appearance that has raised eyebrows among her onetime fans. At the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2013, she said of her husband, Todd: "He's got the rifle. I got the rack."
Granny was in her eighties and much admired for her sweetness and kindness to all. The pastor came to call on her one afternoon early in the spring and she welcomed him into her parlor. He took a seat while she prepared some tea. As he sat facing her old pump organ, the minister noticed a cut glass bowl sitting on top of it, filled with water. In the water floated, of all things, a condom.
Imagine his shock and surprise! And curiosity! Surely, Miss Granny had flipped!! But he felt he couldn't mention the strange sight in her parlor.
When she returned with the tea and cookies they began to chat. The pastor tried to stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and the floating item, but soon it got the better of him and he could resist no longer.
"Miss Granny," he said while pointing to the bowl, "I wonder if you could tell me about this?"
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"This week's messy, public breakup between conservatives and Sarah Palin was executed with brutal swiftness. After years of alternately worshiping and defending her from all comers while gleefully echoing her falsehoods about the Obama administration (death panels!), lots of conservatives - and especially conservative pundits - decided enough, and collectively tossed her overboard."
Two nuns were in back of the convent smoking cigarettes, when one said "It's bad enough that we have to sneak out here to smoke, but it really is a problem getting rid of the cigarette butts so that Mother Superior doesn't find them."
The second nun said "I've found a marvelous invention called the condom, which works really well for this problem. You just open the packet up, take out the condom, and put the cigarette butt in, roll it up, and dispose of it all later!" The first nun was quite impressed and asked where she could find them. "You get them at the drug store, sister, just go and ask the pharmacist for them."
The next day the good sister went to the drug store and walked up to the counter. "Good morning sister", said the pharmacist. "What can I do for you today?" "I'd like some condoms please" said the nun. The pharmacist was a little taken aback, but recovered soon enough and asked: "How many boxes would you like – there are twelve to a box."
"I'll take twelve boxes – that should last about a week" said the nun.
The pharmacist was truly flabbergasted by this time, and was almost afraid to ask any more questions, but his professionalism prevailed and he asked in a clear voice, "Sister, what size condoms would you like – we have large, extra large, and big liar size."
The sister thought for a minute, and finally said "I'm not certain, perhaps you could recommend a good size for a Camel?
Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no.
Modi has developed warts on his bollz that are cancerous. @banasy quit s ukking them.
Aren't you the most precocious little 45-year-old adolescent troll? Oh, yes you are. Yes, you are.
A couple is travelling on a long distance overnight flight. Everyone is slowly drifting off. The flight attendants have served the last round of coffee and drinks, dimmed the cabin lights, and are resting. The couple carefully check over their fellow passengers. Finally, everyone appears to be asleep. One at a time, they furtively make their way to the bathroom at the rear of the cabin. Before closing the door, the last one in has a quick glance back over the cabin to make sure they haven't been spotted. There's rustling of clothes as they prepare themselves and get comfortable:
"Ready, dear?"
"Yes, darling."
"Oh, good! You remembered the condom."
"Quick, let's get it on and get started."
A little more rustling, then:
Suddenly, the intercom comes to life:
"This is your Captain speaking."
"To the two people in the toilet – we know exactly what you're up to."
"What you're doing is expressly prohibited by the airline regulations."
"Please stop immediately, put your cigarettes out, and remove the condom from the smoke detector!
A head nun gathers the 100 nuns in a convent to a meeting. She looks at them and says "We found a condom in one of our rooms."
99 nuns gasp and one says "he he he"
The head nun says "The condom was used"
99 nuns gasp and one says "he he he"
The head nun says "The condom broke"
1 nun gasps, 99 nuns say "he he he"
Uh oh. She's gonna get Bubonic Plague.
" Later that evening, Palin herself landed on Fox News with host Sean Hannity — and she made clear that O'Reilly's dig had bothered her. "Even there on Fox — you know, kind of a quasi or assumed conservative outlet, and we have all day listened in to the tease of Bill O'Reilly," said Palin to Hannity. "He's talking about the guests on his show tonight or the commentary on his show. And that would be, 'Oh, all these GOP contenders thinking about running for president, like Donald Trump, Sarah Palin,' and he names them off. He says, 'Oh, what a reality show that would be, yuck, yuck.' Well, the left doesn't do that, OK? They take this serious because this is war."
A vacuous assessment on par with the average Sarah Palin assertion. "
You've just hit the trifecta of Fox comedians.
It's as if one man is on stage at a comedy club and only one old lady is in the audience laughing. 🙂
Glad you're amused at the jokes. Don't clutch your pearls too tightly at some of the subject matter. You offend pretty easily.
When one brings up The Word and Jesus Christ, one is bringing up religious beliefs.
Sorry. They are mutually exclusive.
January 31, 2015 at 1:26 pm |
No. When one brings up the words of Jesus Christ one is bring up the words of Jesus Christ. Not some religious doctrine or dogma or tradition or teachings of some modern day church leader. Duh.
Nope. Sorry you don't know the difference between belief and tangible proof.
And you don't follow The Word in any shape or form, anyhow; you cherry pick what you choose to believe and act upon. Just like the dogma you were indoctrinated in when you attended the Jehovah's Witness church.
Puhleeze. Phony.
Again, the teachings of Jesus are simple so that even children can understand them. You confuse the complicated religious dogma of today's religions with the simple words of Jesus. They are not the same at all. Not even close.
These are you beliefs. And that's fine.
This appears to be the main thing that was missed in the whole spiel :
The Bible, Through the Eyes of a Child
Here's our version of the stories of the Bible if they were to be told by a child.
And you are going to turn this into an argument ?
"Pot roast" LMAO. Only from an ignorant woman will you hear that. "Pot roast" instead of lentil stew, a "bowl of the red".
Because Philip is inexplicably reading-challenged, and cannot follow a thread:
The next important person was Noah. He was a really good guy, but one of his kids was a Ham. Noah built a big boat in his back yard and put his family and a lot of animals in it. He asked his neighbors to join them, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph
Next were Abraham, his son Isaac and his grandson Jacob. Esau was Jacob's brother, but Jacob was more famous because Esau sold him his birthmark for some pot roast. Jacob had a son, Joseph. Joseph wore a really loud sports coat.
January 31, 2015 at 11:51 am | Reply
Do you get it now, or do I have to break down the two-syllable words for you, too?
The bible does not say pot roast. Get a clue you word twister.
I hardly read any of the hundreds of jokes you copy/paste each week, Bob. I scanned your stupid joke and read Esau and pot roast, and corrected it. Get a clue. Your jokes are mostly as annoying as other lists of words that have nothing to do with reality. You really should go to a comedy club website to tell jokes ya know. A joke once in awhile on a serious news blog is ok. But all the time and daily for years? Come on, Bob. Give it a rest.
This appears to be the main thing that was missed in the whole spiel :
The Bible, Through the Eyes of a Child
Here's our version of the stories of the Bible if they were to be told by a child.
And you are going to turn this into an argument ?
And Philip, if this is indeed the doctrine of the Jehovah witnesses you believe you are preaching here, I can as sure you it is your own version. I've studied extensively with them and even though some of your info is accurate, the way you have chosen to deliver that word is not in the teaching doctrines of the witnesses.
When you choose to give it a rest with your holier than thou at itude and constant belittlement of others, then and only then will I stop with my jokes.
Philip, you stupid man, IT WAS A JOKE! if you can't follow a thread, don't COMMENT on it instead of jumping in and throwing up word salad about an unrelated thing.
I didn't twist your words; I was giving you the context on where I got the pot roast joke from. Which I know you read in the first damned place because you brought up Esau AFTER the joke So stop being disingenuous.
I don't think you understand how very much you twist OTHER'S words to fit whatever tangent you're flying off on.
Oh, and PS: the Bible doesn't say latex condoms in it either, but then it's fine when it is you making the joke.
Did you hear the one about a nation of peoples who started wearing rubbers and doing drugs? Yeah. They got fat and infested with AIDS. And started sending troops abroad to get them even more stuff to consume and throw-away 40% of. Funny stuff. They look funny now too. Big fat ugly creatures with many of them wearing dark tattoos and ancient Tau's around their necks. Freaks, really.
...and eventually began to legally dispose of their unwanted babies where before did so illegally anyway. Abortion HAD to be legalized. That, or build enough prisons to hold all the aborters. 70 million legalized abortions so far. God only knows how many done before those. He knows each hair on each unborn baby and has them each individually numbered according to The Word. You aborters are in big trouble with God. That's for sure.
Sarah Palin should have aborted that Trig-tard thing of hers.
"You aborters are in big trouble with God. That's for sure."
You sure are.
Stupid is the man who thinks condoms were invented in the '60's.
Stupider is the man who blames his own mistakes ON the 60's.
Stupider still was Adam's wife Eve. Who fell for a snake. Today, Eve's daughters have electronic models of that snake. Usually in the bottom drawer or in the glove compartment if driving more than 50 miles.
If one has to resort to Eve to support their misogyny, them there's no real help for that person, is there?
YOU don't follow the word, you heathen! Burn in hell you mother focker!
Lol. Nah, I just call it as I see it, you phony ass.
See, Jesus used the word "hypocrite" for people precisely like you. You might want to revisit Matthew 7 again.
That's hilarious coming from a woman who has said repeatedly that her and I DO NOT KNOW EACH OTHER.
I don't know you. I am taking your words and applying The Word to you.
If a man gets a woman pregnant, and the law allows for the woman to decide if the baby lives or dies, if she chooses death THE MAN IS GUILTY and must be burned alive in hellfire forever. Amen.
If you knew about it, you are just as complicit. If you did nothing to stop it, you bet. If you preach about how Christlike you are afterwards, you're a hypocrite..
I don't believe in hell, and never have.. Another fact that you conveniently ignore when lying about me.
Shut up you bloodthirsty old hag. I already said I even tried to bribe the one woman I made pregnant trying to get her to change her mind. And that the two I made pregnant when young were FORCED to get illegal abortions in Mexico by their own dads. Pump off you nasty old squaw hag.
I'm not bloodthirsty at all; where do you get that from?
How very silly.
LOL. That really is funny !
Yes, it is; coming from a man who has stated emphatically that he doesn't care about man's laws but follows God's Laws, the cherry-picking is abundantly clear.
I miss the good times here.
I miss them in this forum, and all over my country.
There were definitely many good times. It's a shame this turned into such a market tabloid.
So do I, JIF; but I have found new forums to post at where trollery is strictly prohibited, and the rules are actually enforced.
They still exist.
He said Good times all over the country, Donna. You are totally satisfied with the status quo and totally support adulterous leaders. You like Americans being as fat and stupid as you are. A few of US don't like how Lady America....once fit and trim and bright....is now fat and and stupid and is ugly.
Back to work.
Good to see you Joey.
I replied to JIF:"So do I, JIF; but I have found new forums to post at where trollery is strictly prohibited, and the rules are actually enforced.
They still exist.
Did you have a problem understanding what I meant?
The rest of your silly tirade does not apply to me at all, so it is not going to be answered. There is no point.
Sarah Palin is the queen of Freedom.
Freedom from intelligence, freedom from conscious thought.
Freedom from reality.
A day without the Klondike Kardashian is like a day without crabs...
Also...Freedom from physical ugliness.
It's true that she is an attractive moron.
Ah,,,there we go.
This was like the bar in Cheers: where everybody knows your name.
I had best friends whom I had never met.
I have shifted in my appraisal of pharmaceuticals, and I agree more with Philip now.
Doctors are constantly wanting to feed me pills that I do not need. I refuse them.
What a racket, aside from the danger to doctors from a greedily litigious America.
I'm going out to make the doughnuts now.
(Have a rehearsal.)
Agree with unnecessary medications being prescribed.
Disagree with the notion that it's necessary to get rid of all medications because one person doesn't like one classification of them.
Pharmaceuticals is big business in this country. Capitalism, baby; it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
That men like Bob would appear and ridicule the true God was foretold long ago. Bob&Donna are themselves fulfilment of bible prophecy. People not caring if their leaders are adulterous dogs or not.
The bible also states that you should not be part of this world. Which is to say the workings of the government, except for the laws were are ordered to obey, should be of no concern to us. And render unto Ceasar that which is Ceasars and render unto the lord that which is his. And the bible also says it is not for ust to judge lest we be judged. So i see a complete failure in three different areas here.
Sort of true, Bob. The meaning being do not join any man's army and actually carpet bomb fellow Christians overseas. And pay your taxes. And quit mixing in company with sodomites lest ye become sharers with them in their sins and in their destruction. Don't recommend ways for sodomites to enjoy themselves without risk of getting AIDS, for example.
He is bit ridiculing God.
At all.
You need to actually read rather than react.
I get the distinct feeling that Jesus would much rather hang around with Bob and I.
He is NOT ridiculing God.
My goodness this phone...
" Sarah Palin brought anti intellectualism and ignorance to mainstream America. I blame her and her ilk for the horrible discourse we have in politics. Nothing she says is based on anything factual. Rednecks are apparently (according to Palin) the only "real" Americans. "
We arrive in rusty 1964 motorhomes.
We bring our bibles and loaded assault weapons.
We wear ridiculous clothing and have teabags dangling from our earlobes.
We carry misspelled racist signs as we stomp all over the White House lawn.
We eat Chick-fil-A and wash it down with Everclear that we drink from Smuckers jars.
We are Sarah Palin's real Americans.
We love the baby jesus but we love to boink our cousins even more.
We believe that the earth is only 6,000 years old and that early man walked with the dinosaurs.
We believe that nascar is a real sport and that Dale Earnhardt was a great American athlete.
We are the birthers. We are tea party patriots. We tea bag for jesus.
We are bigots and inbreds. We are morons and we are proud.
"The problem with Sarah Palin is that bitterness and hatred have been shriveling her up at an accelerated rate, and now she is sporting quite the turkey neck. Her mindless fan base could tolerate her idiotic ramblings as long as she remained attractive to them, but now her looks are fading rapidly. The uglier she becomes, the more her fans start actually listening to what she says, and many realize they've been worshiping an incredible idiot for far too long."


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"His attitude was that if someone at Apple can dream it up, then we should apply for a patent, because even if we never build it, it's a defensive tool," former Apple general counsel Nancy Heinen told NYT. "Even if we knew it wouldn't get approved, we would file the application anyway. If nothing else, it prevents another company from trying to patent the idea."
Jobs claimed during the iPhone's introduction in January 2007 that Apple had filed for over 200 patents related to the iPhone's design and technology. And Apple repeatedly warned that it would "not stand for having our IP ripped off," before launching a lawsuit against Android smartphone maker HTC in 2010.
The legal fight over smartphones now includes Samsung, Sony, RIM, LG, Motorola, and Google, among others, and takes place in courts all over the globe. Google Vice President for Corporate Development David Lawee described Apple's recent $1 billion patent infringement verdict against Samsung as the company's own "wake-up call," noting that Google "didn't really believe 'rounded corners' were patentable." Jobs likely had a similar moment in 2006, when Creative came knocking with its "Zen Patent" that covered a "plurality of tracks accessed according to a hierarchy."


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Major Internet companies have formed a united front in their opposition to the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act. Well, almost. One exception has been the domain registrar GoDaddy. In a op-ed published in Politico shortly after SOPA was introduced in the House, GoDaddy applauded the bill and called opponents "myopic."
Now furious Internet users at reddit (owned by Advance Publications, which also owns Condé Nast) have organized a boycott of the registrar.
"I just finished writing GoDaddy a letter stating why I'm moving my small businesses 51 domains away from them, as well as my personal domains," wrote redditor selfprodigy on Thursday morning. He proposed that December 29 be declared "move your domain day," with GoDaddy customers switching to competing registrars. The post has accumulated more than 1,500 comments, most of them supporting the idea.
We contacted GoDaddy for comment. A spokesman declined to comment on the boycott specifically, but reiterated the firm's support for the legislation. She sent us a link to the company's written testimony to the House Judiciary Committee last month.
"This debate is about preserving, protecting, and creating American jobs, and protecting American consumers from the dangers that they face on-line," the statement reads. "US businesses are getting robbed and US consumers are getting duped."
The company dismissed free speech concerns. "Not only is there no First Amendment concern, but the notion that we should turn a blind eye to criminal conduct because other countries may take oppressive steps in response is an affront to the very fabric of this nation."
GoDaddy appears to be doubling down on this position. Today, it reposted its Politico op-ed to the GoDaddy support forums. Comments were disabled.
The House Judiciary Committee has released a list of 142 companies that support SOPA. GoDaddy appears to be the only domain registrar, or Internet company for that matter, on the list. Indeed, even traditionally strong copyright supporters like the Business Software Alliance have been having second thoughts about the legislation.
Update (6:18 PM): GoDaddy seems unimpressed by the boycott so far. They made the following statement to Ars Technica: "Go Daddy has received some emails that appear to stem from the boycott prompt, but we have not seen any impact to our business. We understand there are many differing opinions on the SOPA regulations."
Update (December 23): Barely 24 hours after the boycott started, GoDaddy now says it has dropped its support for SOPA.


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Tuesday afternoon, the international police organization Interpol announced the arrest of 25 alleged members of Anonymous by officials in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, and Spain. Shortly after the announcement, Interpol's website was hit by a distributed denial-of-service attack. At the time this story was posted, the website remained unavailable.
Interpol announced that the arrests were made as part of "Operation Unmask", an international effort launched in mid-February to grab the perpetrators of attacks on websites in Columbia and Chile, including the Colombian Defense Ministry and presidential websites, a Chilean electricity company, and Chile's national library. Officials also seized 250 pieces of equipment, including computers and mobile phones, during a search of 40 locations in 15 cities.
The Guardian reports Interpol's acting executive director of police services Bernd Rossbach said, "This operation shows that crime in the virtual world does have real consequences for those involved, and that the Internet cannot be seen as a safe haven for criminal activity."
According to a report by the Associated Press, prosecutor Marcos Mercado, a specialist in computer crime, will be handling the case. The prosecutor said the suspects are charged with altering websites, and if convicted could serve between 541 days to five years in prison.
Mid-afternoon on Tuesday, the twitter account @AnonOps tweeted "TANGO DOWN II 404 Interpol, #Anonymous is not a criminal organization" apparently signaling that the police organization's site had been taken down. As of 10 PM CT, the site remains targeted by Anonymous members in Spain and Latin America, according to the group's Internet Relay Chat server.
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Adele to make post-baby debut at Golden Globes
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Adele is coming to the Golden Globes.
The executive producer of the show says the 24-year-old Grammy-winning pop star is set to make her first post-baby appearance at Sunday's ceremony, where she is nominated for original song for the James Bond theme "Skyfall."
Adele welcomed her first child, with boyfriend Simon Konecki, in October. The singer has kept a low profile since announcing her pregnancy in June after sweeping the Grammy Awards last February with six wins.
Her single, "Skyfall," will compete at the Golden Globes with Taylor Swift's song from "The Hunger Games," Jon Bon Jovi's number from "Stand Up Guys," Keith Urban's track from "Act of Valor," and "Suddenly" from "Les Miserables."
The Globes will be presented Sunday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.


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Tad Boyle's peers were jealous. His boss was so cool.
Mike Bohn's idea to pay for the most hardcore members of the C-Unit to travel to the Pac-12 Tournament proved to be a stroke of genius.
The Buffs were able to pull out four tense games at the Staples Center — a venue that was transformed by the students from Boulder into Coors Events Center West Coast — to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament in March.
Colorado's athletic director was the toast of downtown Los Angeles during the four-night postseason party.
"It was the talk of the tournament last year," Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said when I spoke to him at last month's basketball media day in San Francisco. "It was a great move, and I think the other schools admire it. They probably want to replicate it this year.
"Talking to Tad, they felt like it was a little extra advantage."
Bohn should be lauded for hiring Jeff Bzdelik to build a solid foundation from the rubble that was CU basketball.
Obviously, hiring Boyle has taken the program to a level that was unimaginable not so long ago.
It also appears that Linda Lappe is rebuilding the women's program in a way that will eventually remind fans of the Ceal Barry glory days and help everyone forget the Kathy McConnell-Miller era.
The new practice facility at the Coors Events Center has helped Boyle, Lappe and volleyball coach Liz Kritza on the recruiting trail.
And making sure CU had a seat at the Pac-12 table before seemingly everyone else acquired an insatiable appetite for conference realignment was Bohn's signature victory.
All of the above have certainly earned Bohn some prestige within the profession.
Yet the resume is besmirched by seven years of bottom-rung football.
Bohn is a beloved figure in Boise, Idaho. It wasn't until after CU hired Hawk-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named that anyone on the national scene had ever heard of Chris Petersen or taken the program with blue turf seriously.
Since that move, the Buffs are 25-59 and the Broncos are 81-8.
So far, Jon Embree isn't exactly helping Bohn erase the glaring mistake.
CU's second-year head coach is struggling to turn things around with a bleak 4-19 record entering the final two games of the 2012 season.
Embree will almost certainly make major staff changes during the offseason. Bohn will also add support staff to help the coaches identify and evaluate recruiting prospects.
There is no chance Embree will receive a pink slip.
Even if the Buffs (1-9 overall, 1-6 Pac-12) — who will try to put some whipped cream on a unpalatable year with a home win(s) against Washington and Utah — suffer a second consecutive double-digit loss season.
The bottom line: Bohn needs Embree to succeed.
An athletic director, no matter how successful he or she may be in other areas, shouldn't get a chance to hire a third football coach if the previous two fail miserably.
That makes 2013 a must-win season for Bohn.
It's a tricky situation because a lot of frustrated fans have decided they need to see better results after seven consecutive losing seasons in order to continue supporting the program.
At the same time, Bohn needs boosters to break out their checkbooks and help fund the athletic department's "transformational" facilities upgrade project in and around Folsom Field.
Originally, formal details about the plan were going to be unveiled by Bohn in September.
Nine losses by an average score of 48.3 to 15.7 haven't helped the timeline.
No other athletic directors in the Pac-12 are jealous of CU football. Frankly, it's an embarrassment to the conference right now.
Bohn must do whatever it takes to make sure Embree fixes the myriad of problems at the Dal Ward Center and starts winning next fall.
Otherwise, Bohn's legacy is going to be tarnished and his own job security should be called into question.
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Being successful as a personal trainer can be defined a lot of ways. I don't define it as having a lot of client sessions; rather, I define it as training in such a way that you make yourself unnecessary, which has the paradoxical effect of causing your clients to want more of you. I also define it as training to best serve the people who need our help the most. And meeting the needs of currently underserved markets undoubtedly will result in a steady stream of clients for the next several decades.
Here are five keys for how to be a successful personal trainer:
1. Lead—Don't Cheerlead
A successful trainer develops a client's desire for, and ability to pursue, fitness independently of the trainer. It's not about giving someone a killer workout and saying "good job" even if it isn't. Leading someone to fitness means using what they care about to foster an internal drive to move in the direction of better fitness. It's really about teaching, not training. Make yourself unnecessary and a funny thing happens: clients will flourish with fitness like never before. They will still do all the work, but you'll get all the credit. And that is because you've helped your clients engage in actively seeking fitness instead of just going through the motions. When you change your clients thinking about, and attitude toward, fitness, their bodies inevitably change as well.
2. Expose the "Calories In vs. Calories Out" Myth
The worst lies are those that contain more than a grain of truth. There are far too many trainers and even academics who, even though they know better, still promote this dangerous idea. The immutable laws of physics and thermodynamics make this one look rock-solid true, but the problem is that we humans are self-aware. This seemingly small psychological truth has massive implications for our biology.
For example, in 2011 a Yale University showed that an individual's belief about the healthfulness of a food (or lack of it) affected his or her body's hormonal response to that food. Researchers gave people the EXACT same shake that was labeled as either health-conscious or indulgent—complete with fake nutrition facts labels (the healthy shake was labeled has having fewer calories than it actually contained, while the indulgent shake was labeled as having more calories than the real total). After consuming the "healthy" shake, there was less suppression of the hormone ghrelin, while after consuming the "indulgent" shake, the suppression of ghrelin was increased. This means that the participants got hungry again sooner after consuming the "healthy" shake, but didn't become hungry for a longer period of time after consuming the "indulgent" shake. When your ghrelin levels are elevated, you get hungry. Ghrelin always goes down after eating, but it goes down less if we eat fewer calories and, conversely, goes down more if we eat a lot. It cannot be understated that the exact same shake was served every time; the only difference was in how it was labeled. The belief in the calorie content of the shake affected the participants' response, which would be impossible in the simplistic world of the energy balance equation.
If you believe you ate something healthy, you will get hungry again sooner. When we study thermodynamics in nature and in the physics lab, this doesn't happen. We humans are unique in our ability to consciously contemplate our world and the food we eat.
3. Use What Works for the Client
Don't be an "MMA guy" or a "kettlebell girl." Never define your training by the tools you use, but instead by the results you are after. Training with a limited selection of equipment or methods limits your abilities, professional growth and creativity. Some equipment will not work for some clients, sometimes for no other reason than personal preference.
This also goes for technology. There are some terrific body-monitoring devices and smartphone apps available, but not all of your clients will be into them. Some will want to embrace whatever technology you recommend, and others don't want another gadget to manage. Use whatever makes your clients' path to fitness as smooth as possible. Doing the work is hard enough.
Mold your training methods, tools and technology to the needs of your client—not the other way around.
4. Train Movement First
Here are two facts about our world today: a large and increasing number of people are overweight or obese, and the overall age of the population is growing older. People want and need to feel better now, and will pursue fitness if they can first feel a bit better and use movement as a means of bringing more enjoyment to everyday life. Helping clients do just that will require a paradigm shift—a comprehensive system for helping anyone find the right starting point for fitness. This is powerful for two important reasons:
- First, our future success in the fitness industry will depend directly on our ability to successfully reach the obese and older populations, as these represent two growing and largely untapped markets. Historically, we have done a terrible job of reaching these groups because we don't understand them and, therefore, expect them to come to us.
- Second, now that the IFT model is a part of the entry-level certification for personal trainers, even new trainers will be entering the industry already possessing the skills to successfully reach these markets. Today's high-school student is tomorrow's new young trainer who will better serve your clients unless you make it a priority to adjust your training approach accordingly.
For the last couple of years, I have focused a lot of my training efforts with clients on developing better movement while on the way to their fitness goals. I have to tell you that, if you do the same, people will begin to think you are just short of a faith-healer. You will have numerous "I can't believe it doesn't hurt" moments and, without asking, get more word-of-mouth referrals than you can handle.
5. Use Intensity With Intelligence
Is it any wonder the general public sometimes has a hard time connecting with many of us in the fitness industry? Some trainers foolishly believe that vomiting from an intense workout, being sore for days or suffering through bleeding calluses are things to be celebrated. Injuring the body is never something to celebrate. Intensity without intelligence is the biggest problem in our industry today. Why? Because people often say they need to get in shape first and then hire a trainer. How crazy is that? Why would you put off hiring the right person for the job unless you were convinced (or scared) that they were not the right person?
Yes, intensity gets results. But low/medium/high-intensity is relative to each individual and has everything to do with where someone is on the spectrum of fitness when they begin training. Trainers who are destined to disappear from this industry are the ones who hit people with intense workouts right out of the gate, using sweat output as a means to justify the expense of training. Be the worst stereotype of a trainer and you'll likely be one of their first expenses to go when money gets tight. Hard workouts are in every fitness magazine, website and book—they are a dime a dozen. The ability to compassionately guide someone through developing their own confidence to work hard enough is the mark of a true fitness professional and one that is built to last.
There you have it…now go forth and be successful!


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Of all the right-wing kooks running around out there, they don't come much kookier than this guy
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As a liberal blogger who has only 24 hours in each of his days, I have to be highly selective in my choice of wingnuts who deserve to feel the sting of my lash.
I can't crank up my ire for each and every weirdo who comes down the pike. Rather, I tend to save my ammunition for the silliest or most egregious purveyors of far-right nonsense — y'know, people like Rep. Louie Gohmert and certain Fox News Channel personalities.
It seems, however, that I've been a little too selective. I haven't paid enough attention to one Jerome Corsi, the ...


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Collecting the obituaries for August Passing of the Pioneers, I discovered that many of the pioneers had either worked for or had a father who for the Henty brothers. Hannah Spiken and Elizabeth Stevenson were both born at the time their fathers worked for the Hentys, with Elizabeth born at Munthum Station. Harriet Tate was also at Munthum Station where she worked as a nursemaid.
There is also the story of John Bodey who lived to 106 and Mary Finn who's husband's family operated the Glenelg Inn, around which the town of Casterton grew. The hotel still operates today. Also included are two of the wealthier pioneers of the Western District, Alexander Davidson and James Whyte.
Alexander DAVIDSON: Died 17 August 1874 at Portland. Western Victorian squatter, Alexander Davidson was born in Inverness, Scotland in 1801. He acquired his wealth during his time as co-owner of Satimer station at Wando Vale. In later life, he built the Portland home, Wando Villa, and contributed extensively to the Portland Wesleyan Church. The Glenelg and Wannon Settlers website has further information on Alexander Davidson on the Wando Vale settlers page.
James WHYTE: Died August 1882 at Hobart, Tasmania. James Whyte and his brothers were pioneers of Coleraine, with the main street named in their honour. Born in Scotland in 1820, Whyte arrived in Tasmania with his family in 1832. In 1837, James and his brothers William, George, Pringle, and John arrived in Port Phillip settling at Konowootong near Coleraine.
James then moved to Clunes taking co-ownership of a large station where gold was later discovered. In 1853, he returned to Tasmania, a much richer man and ran for the seat of Brighton during the 1854 election. He was unsuccessful, but ran again in 1856 and won a seat in the Legislative Council of Tasmania. In 1863, he became Premier, holding the post until 1866.
Despite their name held in perpetuum at Coleraine and with a state leader among them, the Whyte Brothers are part of the darker history of the Western District. In 1840, the brothers massacred at least one hundred aboriginals at The Hummocks near Wando Vale on two separate occasions. More information about what is known as the Fighting Waterholes Massacre and Fighting Hills Massacre can be found on the link to an ABC article.
Joseph COUCH: Died 30 August 1911 at Portland. Joseph Couch, born in Cornwall, arrived in Victoria aboard the Mary Ann in 1856. He spent 17 years working for Edward Henty before taking up the role of curator of the Portland Botanic Gardens. Joseph was the curator for twenty-six years demonstrating a great knowledge of plants and a passion for the gardens. Joseph's memory continues with his name on a plaque on the curator's cottage at the gardens.
Mary FINN: Died 15 August 1913 at Kew. Mary Finn was born in Ireland and arrived on the ship Susan in 1839 with her family. In 1852, Mary married Edmund Kirby, one of Casterton's earliest settlers. The marriage took place at the Glenelg Inn built on a part of Springbank station run by Edmund Kirby, his brother James and sister Mary. The Kirby's later took on the ownership of the hotel, previously operated by Mary's late husband, and the town of Casterton grew around it. The Glenelg Inn still operates today. One of her sons was John Finn Kirby, owner of 1911 Melbourne Cup winner, The Parisian. More information on the Kirby family is on the Glenelg and Wannon settlers website.
John BODEY: Died 21 August 1916 at Camperdown. Ireland native, John Bodey was born in 1810 making him 106 at the time of his death. He lived through the reign of six British monarchs. This article appeared on his 100th birthday and outlines some of the events which occurred during John's long life:
Having a keen interest in politics, John voted in a by-election at Warrnambool not long before his death. Upon John's 105th birthday, his son George talked about his father's longevity and independence.
Edwin Clough DERMER: Died 26 August 1917 at Ballarat. Edwin Dermer was born in London and worked as a clerk for the Bank of England where his father was a departmental manager. At eighteen, Edwin headed to Australia where he became a gold buyer at Melbourne, before heading for the goldfields of Ballarat. After around twenty years on the diggings, Edwin moved into retail, first as a manager of a crockery shop and then manager of a drapery business. He then opened a grocery business in Mair Street.
Work aside, Edwin was a founding member of the Druids Lodge, a member of the Orion Masonic Lodge, and president of the United Friendly Societies Dispensaries. He had a keen interest in state and federal elections and served as a deputy returning officer for the electorate of Ballarat West. In fifty years, he never missed a game of cricket in Ballarat. One interesting point of interest in Edwin's life was his wife was born in the same street in London and attended the same school, however, they did not meet until they came to Victoria.
Annie DONNELLY: Died August 1933 at Warrnambool. Annie Donnelly of Irish descent married James Percy Skeyhill. They spent time at Terang where their son Thomas John Skeyhill was born in 1895. The family moved to Hamilton with Thomas educated at St Mary's Convent School. Thomas enlisted for WW1 and it changed his life. While at Gallipoli, a shell blinded Thomas and upon his return, he published his war poetry and travelled overseas on lecture tours.
The Sydney Morning Herald published an example of his poetry at the time of his death in 1932, as a result of an airplane accident in the United States. The full obituary is here and another from a local perspective was in the Camperdown Chronicle published May 26, 1932
Annie and husband Thomas moved to Warrnambool where Thomas operated the Warrnambool Cordial Co. until his death in 1932, just a year before his wife.
Harriet TATE: Died August 1935 at Portland. Harriet Tate arrived in Australia from Ireland as a seven-year-old. At just eighteen, she married William Jackman, an early Wimmera pioneer. In her early years, Harriet worked for Edward Henty at Munthum Station. William and Harriet moved to Portland in their later life, with Harriet spending the last twenty-five years of her life in the town.
Hannah SPIKEN: Died 3 August1936 at Portland. Born in Portland around 1864 Hannah was the daughter of John and Hannah Spiken. John worked for the Hentys and Hannah was said to have followed behind the plough, planting potatoes. At eighteen, she married Walter Dennis Pitts a union that lasted fifty-four years.
Elizabeth STEVENSON: Died 3 August 1938 at Coburg. Elizabeth was born at Merino Downs around 1863, the daughter of Joseph and Mary Stevenson. Joseph was working for the Hentys at Munthum station at the time of her birth, but the family later moved to Portland. Elizabeth married William James Dunne of Ararat and they spent some time in Portland before moving to Ballarat.
John NIDDRIE: Died August 1939 at Hamilton. John Niddrie was born at Cherrymount near Glenthompson around 1865. John and his four brothers spent much time in the bush as children and as a result, all became accomplished bushmen. They also were able to climb tall trees, a skill they learnt from local aboriginals. John married Florence James of Hamilton. They were buried at the Hamilton (Old) Cemetery (below).
Henry Dyer RUNDELL: Died August 1941 at Hamilton. Henry Rundell was a long time resident of Condah, the son of John and Mathilda Rundell. John was from Cornwall and Mathilda from Somerset. Henry married Annie Dawkins and they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary only months before Henry's death. Henry was a dairy farmer at his property Swamp View near Condah and he was a parishioner of the Church of England.


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Seeds, plants and soil all cost money, building a coop does too and those canning jars don't come cheap. But we urban homesteaders feel it's worth it. We are in it for the food. So we have to find a way to make it work. How do we eat well without breaking the bank?
This week we're going to talk about budgeting, particularly budgeting for food and how to eat sustainably. It's not the funnest skill for me, but it is an essential one. We could not do the things we do around our urban homestead without it.
When Rick and I started this journey, we had just had a baby and I decided to stay home with him, cutting our income in half. We thought we'd be ok financially, but I had to get my appendix removed three weeks after H was born and medical bills ate through our savings. Soon we were using a credit card to make ends meet. And then one month we couldn't pay off the balance. And the debt racked up faster than we could have imagined.
Eventually, we cancelled the credit cards and started trying to get it under control. But there were months where we were looking at choosing between gas and groceries. Now, when I hear people talk about being "broke," I think about those times. The only way we made it through, all the while feeding ourselves, was budgeting.
Budget is a four letter word for many people (often those four letters are D-E-B-T). But I have really come to understand that a workable budget is the only way to survive. I'm not a natural budgeter. I'm much more of an instant gratification person. And people like me often have a hard time sticking to a budget. I have a really hard time keeping the willpower up for an entire month (or few months), and tend to want to reward myself for being so good all month long by blowing my money on something silly. I know I'm not alone. It really helps me to trick my brain into doing some sort of project or challenge that is a budget in disguise.
One things that really helped me during that dark time of choosing between food and fuel was Crunchy Chicken's Sustainable Food Budget Challenge in 2009. The idea was to see if it was possible to eat sustainably on a food stamp budget. I was successful at the challenge, but at the end of it I noted that,
I don't know if this would actually be possible on food stamps because the majority of our savings came from food saved from the CSA last summer, the hog we bought whole last fall, things we saved our money up for so that we could have a year of sustainable eating on our tight budget. That and two years of practice at cutting the grocery bill each week a bit more, while still making fresh meals for my family. Things like eating out, coffee shops, and convenience foods have not been in the budget for a long time.
That's right I had already been at it for two years, and I had some secret weapons up my sleeve; a whole hog and a CSA membership. So in talking about budgets, I'm also going to tout the benefits of joining a community supported agriculture farm. I am not exaggerating when I say that this one thing saved us. Seriously.
More on that in soon, but first, how do you make a budget? There's a lot of places online you can learn to do this. Just find something that works for you without too much brain damage.
I am NOT an expert, this is just what we do. I start by writing down on a piece of paper our income and all of our expenses. My husband gets paid weekly, so I do the math and figure his income for the month. Then I list out each bill we have. I know financial experty people tell you to save money and pay yourself first. That's all good and fine, if you can do it; if you can, you should, but for about five years, we couldn't. Anyway, I deduct the expenses from the income. The rest of the money that is not going to a bill is what we have left to split between food, gas and whatever else you like to spend your money on. Hopefully, you can save a bit too.
I try to be realistic about what we need to spend for each category. Using a computer program for this really helps (like Quicken or Quick Books or whatever) that allows you to see how you've been spending in the past. I might try to trim down certain things, like eating out, but I've learned that I need to leave us a little wiggle room. A budget is not a diet. You can't go into it thinking about what you are depriving yourself from or you surely won't stick to it. Also, it is not permanent. It can change month-to-month until you figure out what works for you and your family. Lately, I've been using Erica's Budget Fun Cards, because I like checking boxes.
The savings is key for us. We don't have much cushion built up yet as we're fresh off of paying off those rotten credit cards and still are working on knocking out Rick's student loans. But we try to set aside a little every month to pay for some seemingly big-ticket items, which in reality save us lots of money. Once we have a number for what we want to spend on food every month, we have a starting point. I don't follow all the experts that say your food should only be 5% of your budget. Honestly, that is ridiculous.
Our food is easily our largest expenditure after our mortgage. But we have ways of keeping the month-to-month food bill manageable. Things like buying meat in bulk, the CSA membership and buying 300 pounds of peaches are financially tough to swallow all at once, but saves big time in the long run. Those bulk items pay off in spades, particularly in lean financial times.
Tomorrow, I'm talking money savings in the food budget department. In the mean time, do you budget? Do you buy in bulk or have tips for saving on the food bill? What questions do you have about eating well on a budget?


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NKorea orders rocket prep after US B-2 drill
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Friday that his rocket forces were ready "to settle accounts with the U.S.," unleashing a new round of bellicose rhetoric after U.S. nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped dummy munitions in joint military drills with South Korea.
Kim's warning, and the litany of threats that have preceded it, don't indicate an imminent war. In fact, they're most likely meant to coerce South Korea into softening its policies, win direct talks and aid from Washington, and strengthen the young leader's credentials and image at home.
But the threats from North Korea and rising animosity from the rivals that have followed U.N. sanctions over Pyongyang's Feb. 12 nuclear test do raise worries of a misjudgment leading to a clash.
Kim "convened an urgent operation meeting" of senior generals just after midnight, signed a rocket preparation plan and ordered his forces on standby to strike the U.S. mainland, South Korea, Guam and Hawaii, state media reported.
Kim said "the time has come to settle accounts with the U.S. imperialists in view of the prevailing situation," according to a report by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
Later Friday at the main square in Pyongyang, tens of thousands of North Koreans turned out for a 90-minute mass rally in support of Kim's call to arms. Men and women, many of them in olive drab uniforms, stood in arrow-straight lines, fists raised as they chanted, "Death to the U.S. imperialists." Placards in the plaza bore harsh words for South Korea as well, including, "Let's rip the puppet traitors to death!"
Small North Korean warships, including patrol boats, conducted maritime drills off both coasts of North Korea near the border with South Korea on Thursday, South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said in a briefing Friday. He didn't provide more details.
The spokesman said that South Korea's military was mindful of the possibility that North Korean drills could lead to an actual provocation. He also said that the South Korean and U.S. militaries are watching closely for any signs of missile launch preparations in North Korea. He didn't elaborate.
North Korea, which says it considers the U.S.-South Korean military drills preparations for invasion, has pumped out a string of threats in state media. In the most dramatic case, Pyongyang made the highly improbable vow to nuke the United States.
On Friday, state media released a photo of Kim and his senior generals huddled in front of a map showing routes for envisioned strikes against cities on both American coasts.
Experts believe the country is years away from developing nuclear-tipped missiles that could strike the United States. Many say they've also seen no evidence that Pyongyang has long-range missiles that can hit the U.S. mainland.
Still, there are fears of a localized conflict, such as a naval skirmish in disputed Yellow Sea waters. Such naval clashes have happened three times since 1999. There's also the danger that such a clash could escalate. Seoul has vowed to hit back hard the next time it is attacked.
North Korea's threats are also worrisome because of its arsenal of short- and mid-range missiles that can hit targets in South Korea and Japan. Seoul is only a short drive from the heavily armed border separating the Koreas.
"The North can fire 500,000 rounds of artillery on Seoul in the first hour of a conflict," analysts Victor Cha and David Kang wrote recently for Foreign Policy magazine. They also note that North Korea has a history of testing new South Korean leaders; President Park Geun-hye took office late last month. "Since 1992, the North has welcomed these five new leaders by disturbing the peace," they wrote.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told reporters Thursday that the decision to send B-2 bombers to join the military drills was part of normal exercises and not intended to provoke North Korea. Hagel acknowledged, however, that North Korea's belligerent tones and actions in recent weeks have ratcheted up the danger in the region, "and we have to understand that reality."
U.S. Forces Korea said the B-2 stealth bombers flew from a U.S. air base in Missouri and dropped dummy munitions on an uninhabited South Korean island range on Thursday before returning home. The Pentagon said this was the first time a B-2 had dropped dummy munitions over South Korea, and later added that it was unclear whether there had ever been any B-2 flights there at all.
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Five alpinists are missing and feared dead after summiting Kangchenjunga (8586m) in the Himalaya. Details as to why the climbers were not able to descend the mountain are still unclear. The missing climbers have been identified as Hungarians Zsolt Eross (first Hungarian to summit Everest) and Péter Kiss, Park Nam Su from Korea and two Sherpas, Phurba Sherpa and Bibach Sherpa.
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The Windows and Windows Live Division bore the brunt of the PC slowdown. Revenue was down nine percent year-on-year to $4.411 billion. Of this, $3.244 billion was booked this quarter; $1.167 billion is deferred until delivery of Windows 8. This is at the top end of Microsoft's deferral estimate of $1.0-$1.2 billion last quarter. Operating income was accordingly down 50 percent to $1.646 billion.
Although volume license revenue grew by double digits, the drop in transactional revenue—which is to say, people buying new PCs with Windows preinstalled—is a reflection of the broader malaise in the PC market. Microsoft says this is in anticipation of the release of Windows 8. The company notes Windows 8 pre-sales revenue, the $1.167 billion that hasn't been booked yet, is up 40 percent relative to Windows 7. This suggests there's some amount of pent up demand.
Microsoft Business Division also suffered a little from the decline in the PC market. Its revenue was up just one percent to $5.691 billion. Again the division has some deferrals; $5.502 billion was booked this quarter, $189 million is deferred until Office 2013 is delivered. Operating income was down two percent to $3.646 billion. Multi-year enterprise licensing revenue grew by eight percent, Dynamics CRM revenue was up by more than 30 percent, and Exchange, SharePoint, and Lync together grew by double digits.
Server and Tools, which is less dependent on the broader PC market, had a much stronger quarter. Revenue was up eight percent to $4.552 billion, and operating income up 12 percent to $1,748 million. Multi-year licensing revenue grew 19 percent, SQL Server Premium revenue was up more than 20 percent, and the System Center range also increased revenue by more than 20 percent.
The perennially loss-making Online Services Division also showed improvement. Revenue was up almost nine percent to $697 million, and the operating loss was down 29 percent, to $364 million. Online advertising revenue grew by 15 percent, and Bing increased its US market share by 1.2 percent year on year.
Entertainment and Devices Division saw a 1 percent decrease in revenue to $1.946 billion, with operating income down sharply; a 94 percent drop, to just $19 million. In the quarter some 1.7 million Xbox consoles were sold, down 29 percent on the same time period last year. This still leads the US market, with a 49 percent share in September.
Looking forward, next quarter will start to see the recognition of the deferred Windows 8 revenue, with Microsoft expecting that $800 million of the deferrals will be booked. The remainder will be booked throughout the second half of its FY 2013. Conversely, the company expects to defer about $850-$950 million of Office revenue as a result of Office 2013 pre-sales and upgrade offers. Multi-year Microsoft Business Division revenue (60 percent of total) is expected to grow in the low double digits; transactional revenue by low single digits.
Server and Tools expects product revenue (80 percent of total) to grow by high single digits, and enterprise services revenue by low double digits. Online Services Division anticipates continued revenue growth similar to that of first quarter.
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Los Angeles policeman Scott James has barely recovered from the assault that took his partner's life and left him severely injured. Now back on duty he is teamed up with a German Shepherd named Maggie who suffered serious traumas of her own in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would be all too easy for both of them to give up, but somehow they begin to forge a bond. Soon they are ready to pursue one goal — to find out who killed Scott's partner — yet it becomes apparent after a while that the story Scott was told about the assault was a tissue of lies. Robert Crais' new standalone thriller is "Suspect."
Sherlock Holmes is perhaps one of the most enduring fictional characters due to his fascinating ability for deductive reasoning and clear logic. As he points out to Watson, "You see, but you do not observe." Now we can all see and observe thanks to psychologist and Scientific American columnist Maria Konnikova. She explains how in "Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes" (153.400).
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The reality show gods bestowed a gift upon American Idol this season, and his name was Lazaro Arbos. A chronic stutterer who grew up a bullied loner because of his speech pattern, but whose voice is smooth as butter when he sings, the handsome 21-year-old's backstory is the type of reality producers' dreams. But now, with the competition getting stiffer and the Idol Top 10 dwindling, it's time to put Lazaro out of his misery.
Misery, you say? But this is his lifelong dream — to sing in front of millions of viewers and spread a positive message of acceptance and inclusion. Well, yes, that may have been true when Lazaro showed up to his audition in Chicago last year. But for the past few weeks, Lazaro's looked like he'd rather be anywhere than up on that Idol stage. And let's face it, folks, it's no longer his singing chops that are keeping him there every week.
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Lazaro encompasses the best and worst of shows like American Idol. Yes, it's uplifting to see someone who's been put down their entire life overcome adversity and use their raw talent to rise above it all. And yes, he's a sweet kid with a heart of gold who deserves only good things in life, including the opportunity to pursue his passion. But at what point does America's "sympathy vote" hinder a contestant more than it helps him?
Lazaro's downward spiral started way back on March 13 when, in his first performance as a Top 10 finalist, he made the twofold mistake of a) tackling "Breakaway" by original Idol Kelly Clarkson, thus reminding the audience of the type of talent this show is capable of fostering and b) butchering it. The audience ate it up, however, and gave Lazaro enough votes to land him in fourth place (behind power trio Candice Glover, Kree Harrison and Angie Miller) when the results were revealed the following night, Lazaro was visibly stunned by the ranking.
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The next week didn't help matters, with an abysmal take on The Beatles' "In My Life" that judge Randy Jackson called Lazaro's "worst performance ever." This episode was an emotional turning point for Lazaro, who fought back tears during the judges' critique and looked as though he was praying for a giant hole to open up in the middle of the stage to swallow him whole. Even Nicki Minaj commented on his fragile demeanor.
Lazaro may have taken Minaj's feedback a little too much to heart, because the following week, after an improved-but-still-not-great offering (Stevie Wonder's "For Once in My Life"), he was almost dismissive of the feedback offered by Jackson and the other judges. "No problem," he repeated almost robotically, in response to comments about his pitch, and even called Jackson "boo"(!!) at one point. And while we're on the subject of canned responses, Mariah Carey has at this point resorted to praising Lazaro's "bravery and courage" after every performance and sidestepping the technical merits entirely.
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And then came the group performance. At the end of last week's show, Lazaro took the stage with Devin Velez and Burnell Taylor to sing The Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)." The number was a train wreck from the opening line, with the guys failing to harmonize even once and Lazaro struggling to follow the most minimal choreography, forgetting lines left and right, and even lip-syncing at one point after Devin swooped in to rescue him from a missed cue. Minaj lambasted the trio afterwards, saying she wanted to forget she had ever seen or heard the performance and telling them to "get off the stage."
But before they did so, host Ryan Seacrest gave the guys a chance to respond. "We didn't know the words that well," Lazaro conceded (but only after Burnell and Devin both mumbled that they had memorized their parts). It's worth noting that lack of preparation was also the excuse Lazaro fell back on during Beatles week — and the show called him out on it. Lazaro told Seacrest after his performance that he had learned "In My Life" "the night before" (New theory! Was he undecided about which Beatles song to perform? Eh, unlikely.) But during the next night's results show, Jimmy Iovine pointed out that he had started working with Lazaro on the song five days prior to the performance. Oops.
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Still, it was Devin who was sent down the plank last Thursday over Lazaro. Sure, Devin didn't have the most sparkling personality on the show, and can anyone even remember his backstory? Probably not. But there's no way anyone can make the argument that his vocal talents earned him a spot behind Lazaro.
And so, with the finalists down to seven, the competition is getting to the point where it's very possible that someone who has a very legitimate shot at winning American Idol — i.e. Amber Holcomb or Janelle Arthur — will get sent home because voters don't want to be mean to the kid who gets picked on all the time. But it seems like Lazaro doesn't even want to be there anymore. The deer-in-headlights Lazaro of late doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to the Lazaro who stunned the judges when he shyly but confidently belted out Simon and Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water" during his audition. Perhaps the most sympathetic thing for viewers to do at this point would be to send him home.


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